Information service officers under a government project were supposed to draw a monthly salary of Tk 27,100, according to the job circular and their appointment letters.

There is a new problem in Bangladeshs edible oil market but as always, the consumers end up being the sufferers.

Bangladesh Embassy in Athens, in cooperation with the first multilingual library in Greece, has hosted a screening of the documentary film Hasina: A Daughter's Tale.

At least six people died and 24 were wounded in a shooting at a July Fourth parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, and officers are searching for a suspect who likely fired on the festivities from a rooftop, police said Monday.

Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow took the attack to India as England closed in on a fourth successive winning run chase under their new Test leadership duo of captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum.

A businessman, purportedly out of frustration, tried to take his own life by setting himself alight in front of the Jatiya Press Club yesterday afternoon.

A 40-year-old madrasa teacher in Rangpurs Kaunia upazila was sent to jail yesterday for sexually abusing two 13-year-old residential students, said police.

The mask mandate is being grossly violated at bus stops, shopping malls, markets and restaurants in the capital despite steeply climb of Covid cases and deaths almost every day.

Two aircraft of Biman Bangladesh Airlines collided at the hangar on Sunday, in a repeat of the incident in April that had left two Boeings grounded for months.

Veteran director Padma Shri Tarun Majumdar, known for making popular films based on finely-woven tales of human relationships in the lives of rural and urban middle-class families, passed away in a hospital in South Kolkata yesterday.

Police on Sunday night detained six people in Khurushkul of Coxs Bazar in connection with the killing of a local Chhatra League leader.

Eight people were sent to jail yesterday for hacking a woman to death and injuring her husband, at Aikadia village in Gopalganjs Muksudpur upazila around 11:00pm on Sunday.

Ukrainian forces were taking up new defensive lines in the east yesterday, preparing for a hard new phase in the war as President Vladimir Putin proclaimed Russias victory in the months-long battle of Luhansk.

People have been enduring severe power cuts for the last few days as electricity production was hampered mainly due to a shortage of natural gas supply.

Police on Sunday night arrested Nurunnabi, a key accused in the case filed over the harassment of the acting principal of Mirzapur Degree College in Narail, bringing the total number of arrests in the case to five.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked Awami League leaders and activists to make sure that no one, including the party men, suffers under the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war.

A college student was stabbed to death at her home in Sherpurs Nakla upazila yesterday.

Alt News Co-founder Mohammed Zubair was produced in a court in Sitapur of Indias Uttar Pradesh state today (July 4, 2022) in connection with a new FIR lodged against him for allegedly calling Hindu seers hate mongers.

Another police official has been withdrawn following the humiliation of teacher Swapan Kumar Biswas in Narail.

USofficials said the bullet that killed veteran Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was likely fired from an Israeli position.

An angelic Nick Kyrgios reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final for seven years when he recovered from a slow start to beat steady American Brandon Nakashima in five sets on Wimbledon's Centre Court on Monday.

More human remains including a human skull was recovered today under the debris of BM Depot near the blast spot in the evening, raising the death toll to 50, according to police.

Police today detained a woman for allegedly strangling her two-and-half-year-old daughter to death in Narayanganj Sadar upazila.

A 52-year-old man set himself on fire at National Press Club premises in Dhaka this afternoon (July 4, 2022).

Bangladesh Army retained the Bangabandhu National Football Championship (NFC) title with a 4-2 win over Chattogram Zilla football team in the final at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur today.

In a campaign organized by Dhaka Ahsania Mission, the students have demanded not to drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol and cause road accidents.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) made the call in a meeting with Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem, chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), at the latters office in Dhaka today.

There was a lot of traffic congestion on Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway due to lack of an automatic toll collection system. Will the existing manual system handle the extensive traffic during Eid?

Following their distressing experience during a sea voyage from Saint Lucia to Dominica ahead of the first T20I, the visiting Bangladesh team today travelled from Dominica to Guyana by air to take part in the third and final match of the T20I series on July 7.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) today extended the opportunity for edible oil refiners to import and refine the essential commodity by paying only 5 per cent value-added tax (VAT) at the import stage until September 30 this year.

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind's Assam state president and lawmaker Badruddin Ajmal has urged Muslims in the north-eastern state ot to sacrifice cows during the coming Eid-ul-Azha on July 10.

A ride-sharing biker was hacked to death and his son was injured in an attack in Morrelganj of Bagerhat this afternoon (July 4, 2022).

Bangladeshi Architect Rafiq Azam has won the Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA) Robert Mathew Life Time Achievement Award for 2022.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam today urged all hotel owners including the five-star hotels to pay city taxes.

Investigators of Anti-Corruption Commission have found about Tk 28.46 crore in 31 accounts of suspended Banani Police Station Inspector Sheikh Sohel Rana.

Initially, 11 integrated inspection and monitoring teams were formed to inspect 1,072 buildings.

A pick-up van carrying cattle hit a barrier at the toll plaza on Jazira end of Padma Bridge today (Monday, July 4) while trying the leave the plaza without paying toll.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has increased 58 flights (round trip) on different domestic routes due to passengers demand on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha.

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Police have arrested a key accused in connection with the case over harassing and humiliating Swapan Kumar Biswas, acting principal of Mirzapur United Degree College in Narail. A total of five people have been arrested in the case so far.

People in several northern districts have been enduring severe power cuts over the last two-three days.

China placed 1.7 million people under lockdown in central Anhui province, where authorities reported nearly 300 new cases Monday in the latest of a string of outbreaks testing Beijings no-tolerance approach to COVID-19.

Inflation in Turkey in June soared to an annual rate of 78.6 per cent, the highest in 24 years, official data showed on Monday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's unconventional economic policies continued to take their toll.

Norway and Sweden have joined the ranks of central banks opting for 50 basis-point interest rate rises, delivering their biggest policy tightening moves in two decades.

A preparatory meeting of the Road Transport and Bridges has decided that motorcycles will be restricted on national highways from July 7 to July 13.

Bangladesh has organised a mango festival at the ongoing International Horticulture Exhibition in Almere of the Netherlands.

Thousands of low and middle-income urban and rural families in Bangladesh, often underserved by commercial banks, are expected to be able to take out affordable housing loans through the International Finance Corporations investment in the countrys first housing bond to be issued by Brac Bank.

Most of the shares traded on the Chittagong Stock Exchange today lost.

Most shares fell on the Dhaka Stock Exchange today amid persisting uncertainty over the local and global economy and high inflationary pressure.

Top seed Novak Djokovic raised his level to put an end to the fairytale run of Dutch wildcard Tim van Rijthoven during a battling 6-2 4-6 6-1 6-2 victory on Sunday and keep his Wimbledon title defence on track.